Umbrella.



W. 11. TAYLOR.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 24, 191.1

' "1,066,061, Patented Ju1y1,1913.

)mm1/vers ing drawings,

' 6, preferably made of some stiff support- .ing paper or cardboard. The bottom of the which is reduced to proved form of umbrellas,

the figures, and in which- WALTER H. TAYLOR, OF PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO, CANADA.

UMBRELLA.

Patented July i 1913.

'Application filed October 24, 1911.- Serial Nb. 656,363.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whomz't may concern v Be it known that I, IVM/rien II. TAYLOR, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Port Arthur, in the Province i of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have in- I vented a new and Improved Umbrella, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My inventionrelates to a new and imand an object of my invention is to provide an umbrella for emergency use, which is designed to be of cheap construction and which is intended to be used but once.

I attain theabove outlined object by constructing a hood of water-proof paper, preferably a waxed paper, and supporting this hood in open position by a bowl-shaped dome, both the hood and dome being supported by a removable staif.

Reference is to, be had to the accompanyformingv a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all aperture 7 until the support G rests on the shoulder 10, and tlie`extensioiill is passed through the key slot S and is given a partial rotation until the lug 1Q bears on opposite sides of the top of the dome, the distance between the shoulder 10 and the space between the lugs 12, being slightly less than the normal distance between the key slot S and the apertnre'l', so that the dome 5 and rigidly maintaining the dome 5 firmly in position en the staff.

umbrella is merely for temporary protecbeen used once.

In order to facilitate the transportation of the umbrella tops, lthe support 6 may be laid fiat against the dome 5 anda series of the tops may one within the other,l as shown more particularly in Fig. 4.

If desired, the dome and support may be of separate pieces, and a groove 15 in the under side of the dome may receive the overlapped edge 13 forming the upper edge 1'4 of the support 6.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- tersIatent:

1. An umbrella, comprising an inverted dome having a key slot within its upper portion, a dish-shaped support concentri- `cally disposed with reference to said key slot and supporting said dome at points removed from said slot, and a staff extending through said support and through said slot, said staif having a shoulder carrying said support, said staff also having a lug thereon adapted to bear on top of said dome, the distance between said shoulder and said lugbeing less than the normal distance between said donie and said support, thereby placing said dome and said support under tension.A f

.2. A ribless umbrella, comprising va rigid dome, a bowl-shaped rigid member supporting said dome and removably attached thereto, and a staifextending through and supporting said dome and support.

3.A An umbrella top, comprising a permanently shaped dome, and a permanently shaped bowl-sliaped support eXibly fastened to said dome.

1. In an uncollapsible umbrella, a rigid dome having a groove in the under side storage and Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken centrally through the umbrella; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the detached staif; and Fig. 4 is a nest of the umbrella tops.

Described more in detail, I have shown a staff A supporting a top B of the general umbrella construction. The top B comprises an inverted dome 5', similar in shape to the domes of umbrellas now in common use, and preferably made ofa stiff waer'- proof paper, preferably, a wa-Xed paper, and of black color. This dome is made'in such shape, and itis to be understood, that said dome is not intended to be folded. As an additional support to the dome, there is attachedto the underside thereof and concentrically mounted with reference vto the, center of the same, a bowl-shaped support dome has an aperture 7 therein and centrally of the dome 5, is a key slot 8.

Adapted to support 'the top B, is a staff A, comprising .a rod 9, the. upper end of form a shoulder 10 and an extension 11', from Vone side-of which eX- tension and at right angles to the same, eX- tends a pairof lugs 12. It is to be understood that the stad is inserted through the support G are placed under tension, thereby It is to'be understood that my improved tion and may be thrown away after havingbe telescoped f placing said dome and thereof, a rigid dish-shaped support having its edge disposed in said groove, and means support under tension relative to each other, to maintain said edge in said groove.

5. A ribless umbrella comprising a domeshaped top composed of a stiff, solid waterproof material having a permanent set, and means for securing astick thereto, whereby an inexpensive umbrella top for emergency use and which may be compactly stared is provided. x

6.`In a ribless umbrella, a top coneavoconvex in cross section composed of stiff waterproof material having a lpermanent set, astick and means for detachably securing together the stick and the top, whereby is provided an umbrella that may be compactly stored.

7. A ribl'ess umbrella composed of ags'tiif top formed out of some such material as cardboard; and a stick detachable from said top; and al concavo-convex brace for said top, said brace having a hole at the center thereof, and edges of said brace in contact with the plane of saidv top at points central portions of said brace out of contactwith the centraL- portions ofl said top said stick passing through the .hole in said brace and articulating with saidtop.

A8. yA ribless umbrella composed of a stiff top, said top`concavo-convex and formed out of some such material as cardboard; and a stick detachable from said top; and a brace for said top likewise composed of some stiff'sheet material such as cardboard, said brace havinga holein the center thereof, and' edges of said brace in contact with the plane of said top at points removed from the center thereof, 'and' the centrall portions of saidbrace out of contact with the central portions'of said top; said. stick passing through `the articulating with said top.

In testimony whereof Ifhave signed my hole in said brace andname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses'.

' WALTER H. TAYLOR.. Witnesses:

W. S. OR'roN, Y PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs. 

